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>> we have a secret army and the cia is going off on its own. you wrote a book about this -- >> it makes me extremely anxious because the history of a covert action is that it often backfires. i hate to be fruity about this, but if you are a superpower and try to keep peace and the world, you are going to be reprehensible things and it is almost guaranteed to come back and bite you, but you still have to do it. >> i remember you predicted right after 9/11, get ready, we will do unpalatable things. >> of course, it just goes with the territory. >> there was this moment in the hearings that i thought was indicative which was actually about waterboarding and torture, in which brennan said he knew about it and protested it but did not do anything to stop it because he was not in the chain of command at that point. i thought was a pretty reprehensible answer. but on the other hand, i know that bob gates, when he was cia director, did some things i had the same view about, and he turned out to be the best bureaucrat. i don't think there's any way you
>> we have a secret army and the cia is going off on its own. you wrote a book about this -- >> it makes me extremely anxious because the history of a covert action is that it often backfires. i hate to be fruity about this, but if you are a superpower and try to keep peace and the world, you are going to be reprehensible things and it is almost guaranteed to come back and bite you, but you still have to do it. >> i remember you predicted right after 9/11, get ready, we will...
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, and that is not the role of the cia. he was too often towing the line that the administration wanted him to tow. >> we think we have stumbled on to one avenue of a nuclear weapons program. >> there is no question that there were erroneous judgments in that national intelligence estimate. the purpose was to sell the policy initiative, which was to go to war against iraq. >> the 90-page classified nie asserts that saddam is actively pursuing his wmd program. it sites the debatable intelligence on aluminum tubes, the yellowcake uranium purchase, and mobile weapons labs. but deep inside that thick document are strongly-worded dissents that argue the evidence is weak, even wrong. >> the nie is sent over to congress. it's kept in a classified vault. and as far as we can tell, only about a half a dozen senators actually read it. had they done so, they would have seen that it was filled with dissents. >> if i had read the national intelligence estimate on iraq, i probably would have been -- have done myself a favor by being bett
, and that is not the role of the cia. he was too often towing the line that the administration wanted him to tow. >> we think we have stumbled on to one avenue of a nuclear weapons program. >> there is no question that there were erroneous judgments in that national intelligence estimate. the purpose was to sell the policy initiative, which was to go to war against iraq. >> the 90-page classified nie asserts that saddam is actively pursuing his wmd program. it sites the...
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then, senators grill the president's nominee for cia director over the targeted killing of terrorist suspects. we will ask our sunday panel about new demands to lift the veil on drone strikes. and our power player of the week can tell you almost everything the president does and how you often he does it. all right now on "fox news sunday." >> chris: and hello again from fox news in washington. when president obama delivers his state of the union is speech tuesday, one big issue will be sequestration. $85 billion in automatic spending cuts due to kick in march 1. the white house now warns this will mean damaging layoffs of teachersers law enforcement and food safety inspectors and the pentagon will be hit, too. they propose a mix of spending cuts and, yes, more taxes through limiting deductions for the wealthy. i sat down late friday with house democratic leader nancy pelosi and asked her are about the fast approaching deadline. congress woman pa lo pelosi, we back to "fox news sunday." >> welcome to the capitol. >> the white house says sequestration will have a severe effect on many
then, senators grill the president's nominee for cia director over the targeted killing of terrorist suspects. we will ask our sunday panel about new demands to lift the veil on drone strikes. and our power player of the week can tell you almost everything the president does and how you often he does it. all right now on "fox news sunday." >> chris: and hello again from fox news in washington. when president obama delivers his state of the union is speech tuesday, one big issue...
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don't look into it because it would open a cia operation. it is not true, but the president wanted to use the cia to protect a political shenanigan, a political crime, and use the national security exemption as a cover-up. >> your interview was done in 2008. robert bork was still alive. here he is talking about the smoking gun tape. >> what was your reaction when you heard of the smoking gun tape? >> dismay, but not surprised. >> could you develop that a little? >> i was sorry to see the last nail hammered into the coffin. but i was not so terribly surprised there was a smoking gun. george called me and said, look, we're going into court in about five minutes. i want to tell you that there is an 18 and 1/2 minute gap in the tape. that surprised me and dismayed me. you cannot show up with an 18 1/2 minute gap. that would suspect something. >> how would that affect being on the supreme court? >> i don't remember. i am quite sure -- i haven't looked at that whole interview -- i guess it has been four years since i did it. we talked about the co
don't look into it because it would open a cia operation. it is not true, but the president wanted to use the cia to protect a political shenanigan, a political crime, and use the national security exemption as a cover-up. >> your interview was done in 2008. robert bork was still alive. here he is talking about the smoking gun tape. >> what was your reaction when you heard of the smoking gun tape? >> dismay, but not surprised. >> could you develop that a little? >>...
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and so, the one-- the one difference between the state department compound and the cia annex, the cia had a very heavily fortified position. they had their act together when it comes to security and throughout the night, they were sending off small attacks, and then, you know, 5 a.m., the team from tripoli comes up and it's important to-- the team from tripoli is important because here you have a group of cia operators which included glenn doherty who were trying desperately to get up to benghazi, you look at why it's important because ultimately the two j stock, special operations guys, they had the device called a rover which essentially it beams down the predator drone for the device and now they have increased situational awareness on the ground at the cia annex and they ultimately made the call, when they saw that more and more attackers were amassing outside of the gates. glenn went up to the roof, saw ty, they embraced and still engaged in the fight and got bracketed by three mortar rounds. the first one hit ty killing him. second one hit glenn and the third one injured one of
and so, the one-- the one difference between the state department compound and the cia annex, the cia had a very heavily fortified position. they had their act together when it comes to security and throughout the night, they were sending off small attacks, and then, you know, 5 a.m., the team from tripoli comes up and it's important to-- the team from tripoli is important because here you have a group of cia operators which included glenn doherty who were trying desperately to get up to...
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i couldn't believe the vice president was saying this, and doing work with the cia on iraq wmd, through all the briefs i heard at langley, i never saw one piece of credible evidence that there was an ongoing program. and that's when i began to believe they're getting serious about this. they want to go into iraq. >> joining me now, rachel maddow, narrater of the documentary "hubris: selling the iraq war," which premiers monday at 9:00 p.m. eastern on this network. and david corn of mother jones magazine, who co-authored the book. great to have both of you with us. >> thanks, ed. >> rachel, the people coming forward going on record will change a lot of people who were thinking, well, we really did the right thing. >> two things have been happening in the ten years since we were led into this war from the political right. and one is the idea that it wasn't that much of a mistake. you see that still happening in politics this past week in capitol hill, right? people defending the iraq war as if it were the right thing to do. but also, this idea that we were all in bed together, that we all
i couldn't believe the vice president was saying this, and doing work with the cia on iraq wmd, through all the briefs i heard at langley, i never saw one piece of credible evidence that there was an ongoing program. and that's when i began to believe they're getting serious about this. they want to go into iraq. >> joining me now, rachel maddow, narrater of the documentary "hubris: selling the iraq war," which premiers monday at 9:00 p.m. eastern on this network. and david corn...
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bush only serve one term as president but many years of federal service with the cia and as u.n. ambassador. he decided not to take the health benefits. he does not receive those. you can decline and that any time. bill clinton and george w. bush both receive health benefits. host: what kind of health care are they getting? guest: they are receiving the same health benefits and the federal pensioner would get in federal service. host: the same that members of congress get. what does that include? is that better than medicare? guest: i think it is exactly the same. i do not think it is better than medicare. it is what every federal employee uses. i am a federal employee. i enjoy my health benefits. i am assuming they are about the same. host: margaret from tennessee, independent caller. caller: they also extend the secret service powers under mr. cheney. the reason they have done this is because i think both men are cowards. they think they have to have protection. i cannot believe they would not give you an amount when you called the government and asked how much this cost. why i
bush only serve one term as president but many years of federal service with the cia and as u.n. ambassador. he decided not to take the health benefits. he does not receive those. you can decline and that any time. bill clinton and george w. bush both receive health benefits. host: what kind of health care are they getting? guest: they are receiving the same health benefits and the federal pensioner would get in federal service. host: the same that members of congress get. what does that...
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on c-span 2 this afternoon, the former cia director discusses how digital media has transformed national security and intelligence gathering. he will look at the potential threats from cyber attacks and may touch upon the news that the chinese army is conducting a huge number of cyber attacks in the u.s. and that will be on c- span 2. the house and senate are up this week by president obama is talking about what they need to do next week. he is urging congress -- congressional republicans -- to accept more tax revenue to avoid the budget cuts in two weeks. the so-called sequester will take place and he spoke this morning for about 15 minutes. >> come to the white house. our top party must be to do everything we can to grow the economy and create good middle- class jobs. that is our top priority. that is our number started that drives every decision we make it has to drive every decision that congress and everybody in washington makes over the next several years. that is why it is so troubling that just 10 days from now, congress might allow a series of automatic, severe budget cuts to ta
on c-span 2 this afternoon, the former cia director discusses how digital media has transformed national security and intelligence gathering. he will look at the potential threats from cyber attacks and may touch upon the news that the chinese army is conducting a huge number of cyber attacks in the u.s. and that will be on c- span 2. the house and senate are up this week by president obama is talking about what they need to do next week. he is urging congress -- congressional republicans -- to...
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team with the shooter and then went on to blackwater and the cia. i started speaking with him over the phone and didn't know who he was. we got comfortable with each other and he then made sure that i got in phone contact with the shooter. again, started anonymously. built up trust over a period of time and then i met him face-to-face and thus started a long relationship over a year and a quarter of hundreds of hours of discussion, interview, conversation about his life, not just the mission. >> and when you spend hundreds of hours with someone over the course of more than a year and you have dinners and drink scotch and he played with your kids, is there any danger that you become too close to the subject and you become his advocate? >> i think, howie, that the overarching answer to that is, yes, there is a danger and, no, it didn't happen. in this case, really, the point of the story was to illuminate the fact that these guys, unlike all the jason bourne movies and "zero dark thirty" and magicals and make things happen. can take a hair pin and mak
team with the shooter and then went on to blackwater and the cia. i started speaking with him over the phone and didn't know who he was. we got comfortable with each other and he then made sure that i got in phone contact with the shooter. again, started anonymously. built up trust over a period of time and then i met him face-to-face and thus started a long relationship over a year and a quarter of hundreds of hours of discussion, interview, conversation about his life, not just the mission....
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and the military may take over drones for the cia. that's the charlotte observer with that on the front page. also, the los angeles times has this -- the front page of the miami herald has a story about who is behind the scenes for a senator marco rubio. back to your favorite president. matthew in tacoma, washington, democrat. go ahead. is jackson your favorite? caller: it's richard nixon, because he's such a devilish character, but he also did stuff like opening up china. host: all right. we're featuring nixon on american history tv. you can watch on c-span3. we will look at his legacy and the 1993 atf raid in waco, texas. long beach, independent caller, neal. you are on the air? moving on. charles, atlanta, georgia, democrat, hi. caller: hi. our greatest president was john f. kennedy, by far. the reason is because he gave us the good society speech in which he warned americans about the secret societies that were determined to take over america and the change america fundamentally. he was the only president that had the guts to look
and the military may take over drones for the cia. that's the charlotte observer with that on the front page. also, the los angeles times has this -- the front page of the miami herald has a story about who is behind the scenes for a senator marco rubio. back to your favorite president. matthew in tacoma, washington, democrat. go ahead. is jackson your favorite? caller: it's richard nixon, because he's such a devilish character, but he also did stuff like opening up china. host: all right....
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attractive to the cia and the supporting of the cia, you can get things clear, so she was instrumental and conducting torture and abuse and again i don't want to become california but you do have a professor not here at the university of california berkeley. he's still in california somewhere. he had to write five memos that eric holder did release that permitted torture of a certain level. but my problem with obama has always been the torture the cia conducted went beyond what the justice department said was permissible. the number one is john mccain who was tortured over a long period of time and has been a huge critic of this country conducting torture. what is going to happen to american officials, military and intelligence officials, foreign officials, service officials who lined up in the hands of others who know that the united states has been tortured? what did it have to do with ander on the cia in the middle east? that's never been explored the we've always looked at benghazi as the problem of the consulate that was a loosely destructive consulate and i thought it was an inte
attractive to the cia and the supporting of the cia, you can get things clear, so she was instrumental and conducting torture and abuse and again i don't want to become california but you do have a professor not here at the university of california berkeley. he's still in california somewhere. he had to write five memos that eric holder did release that permitted torture of a certain level. but my problem with obama has always been the torture the cia conducted went beyond what the justice...
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one coming under the most scrutiny gin the fact that brennan is the architect of the drone and the cia and john kerry is at state and we don't have verbalized obama doctrine. it's because of some slight against mccane during the 2008 campaign, and now here we have senator mccain at the center of the hagel controversy -- confirmation controversy. i'm not surprised by it. >> that's the thing. to alex's point, this is so washington that hagel is the one under tank and not john brennan. it shows three things, i think. number one, that obamafication of a lifelong republican is too much for the republicans. my response is great, you don't get any republicans in the cabinet. if you can't handle this conservative republican from a red state, then forget it. we're not even going to work with you on that. number two -- >> then bernie sanders is going to be the secretary. >> number two, that policy always comes second. the guy who was right about the iraq war and led at a time when it was more difficult from a conservative position is punished by that from everyone whereas the guy who in my opini
one coming under the most scrutiny gin the fact that brennan is the architect of the drone and the cia and john kerry is at state and we don't have verbalized obama doctrine. it's because of some slight against mccane during the 2008 campaign, and now here we have senator mccain at the center of the hagel controversy -- confirmation controversy. i'm not surprised by it. >> that's the thing. to alex's point, this is so washington that hagel is the one under tank and not john brennan. it...
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cia, mr. espionage guy to have all the keystrokes that everybody in this term makes straight. >> that is a test not needed. but it is a legitimate question. >> the capability is there virtually? >> u.k. to a sense of scale, frank emmett not they are. but back to the question. we have the political culture, we as a people have to decide what we want the government to do on end for our networks and what it is we will permit the government to do on it for our networks. they just turn the crank a couple more times to kind of illustrate the issues that they are. the government protects all of us. i'm going to step back. those of us who do this with my background, how we think of cyber. we think of cyberas a domain, as a place. land, sea, air, space, saber. so it is a medium in which you've asked us defend you and them which you've asked to conduct commerce and personal business, not unlike air or sea or land. by the way, these first four things are made by god. this is actually made by dan. i did t
cia, mr. espionage guy to have all the keystrokes that everybody in this term makes straight. >> that is a test not needed. but it is a legitimate question. >> the capability is there virtually? >> u.k. to a sense of scale, frank emmett not they are. but back to the question. we have the political culture, we as a people have to decide what we want the government to do on end for our networks and what it is we will permit the government to do on it for our networks. they just...
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, national security appointees that the secretary of the department of defense, and the head of the cia, john brennan, they are in a stalemate here. we have just written what looks to be a death nell for the nomination of chuck hagel, if indeed all that-- >> and if it holds up. and the thing is, but the president renominating these two, that, that is not extra-legal. this is what should have happened the first time he nominates them, they get a hearing, you know, it's fine. the republicans are never going to like his pick for the nlrb and the democrats are never going it like the republican president's pick for the nlrb. but this is going the way it always should have gone and they'll get their hearing, right? is there a problem with him renominating the same controversial people. they were so controversial, he decided to give them recess appointments the first time. >> they have participated in what has been unlawful, work on the nlrb. >> well, that wasn't their fault. >> of course it is. >> megyn: no it isn't. the president says trust me, i can do the appointment and you do your work.
, national security appointees that the secretary of the department of defense, and the head of the cia, john brennan, they are in a stalemate here. we have just written what looks to be a death nell for the nomination of chuck hagel, if indeed all that-- >> and if it holds up. and the thing is, but the president renominating these two, that, that is not extra-legal. this is what should have happened the first time he nominates them, they get a hearing, you know, it's fine. the...
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one thing that will change, a lot of this -- all of this is being done by the cia. well, most of it. drones in particular except in explicit war theaters like afghanistan or iraq where the military does control them is controlled by the cia. i think one thing that the new secretary of defense -- assuming he's confirmed -- hagel, some of the things he wants to do is to turn this back over to the military so that at least it's not embroiled in secrecy at the very beginning. we don't know anything about it. so at least it will be out many the open a bit which i think is a good thing. >> what was the level, if any, of petraeus in the writing of the book, and what is his reaction after being published? >> well, you know, i interviewed about 110 people for this book including petraeus. one thing about petraeus, he has always been very solicitous of reporters, including me, i have to admit. now, he has two motives, and everybody knows it. one is he kind of likes hanging around with reporters. but second, he sees it as what the military would call information operations or,
one thing that will change, a lot of this -- all of this is being done by the cia. well, most of it. drones in particular except in explicit war theaters like afghanistan or iraq where the military does control them is controlled by the cia. i think one thing that the new secretary of defense -- assuming he's confirmed -- hagel, some of the things he wants to do is to turn this back over to the military so that at least it's not embroiled in secrecy at the very beginning. we don't know anything...
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with respect to chuck hagel and brennan, defense and cia, just in the last week their performance in front of the committees that have to confirm them has been pretty poor. that's, you know, not my judgment. that's the judgment, as well, of senators on both sides of the aisle. my guess is if you look at what the president's motives are for picking chuck headachel l-- chu hagel, he wants the republican to be the foil for what he wants to do with the defense department which will do serious damage to the department. it looks to me that the president has made choices in part based on people who won't argue with him. >> we'll have much more of that interview ahead. the former vice president will talk about the use of water boarding and his relationship with former president george w. bush. >>> 24 hours after the bombshell announcement that pope benedict is resigning, the focus now turns to choosing his successor. benedict is the first pope in six centuries to step down. his last day is february 28. and this morning there are new reports about the pope's health. allen pizzay is in vat cal
with respect to chuck hagel and brennan, defense and cia, just in the last week their performance in front of the committees that have to confirm them has been pretty poor. that's, you know, not my judgment. that's the judgment, as well, of senators on both sides of the aisle. my guess is if you look at what the president's motives are for picking chuck headachel l-- chu hagel, he wants the republican to be the foil for what he wants to do with the defense department which will do serious...
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controversial point dean obama's second term john brennan the assassination czar who's now leading the cia yep he's been running on a get out of jail free card literally. and in case you don't remember his scandalous resume let me refresh your memory this is the man who advocated giving immunity to telecom corporations participating in bush's illegal wiretapping program this is the man who led the signature drone strikes abroad which invoke targeted assassinations of people without due process you know blowing people up with all that messy paperwork we like to call due process not to mention that he also lied about drones causing no civilian deaths in pakistan this is the man that most recently at his confirmation hearing refused to admit that waterboarding is torture really really look congress has got it all wrong and the lacking media has diligently followed suit they're speculating about the wrong man they should be up in arms over promoting one of the most karcher herschel bush era figures our priorities are clearly out of whack we're questioning more about while to israel than we are
controversial point dean obama's second term john brennan the assassination czar who's now leading the cia yep he's been running on a get out of jail free card literally. and in case you don't remember his scandalous resume let me refresh your memory this is the man who advocated giving immunity to telecom corporations participating in bush's illegal wiretapping program this is the man who led the signature drone strikes abroad which invoke targeted assassinations of people without due process...
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a nominee for cia director. president's new white house chief of staff offered this reminder we live in a dangerous world. >> between john brennan, the cia director and chuck hagel as secretary of defense we want to make sure we have those guys sitting in the chairs working because i don't want there to be something missed because of this hang up here in washington. >> reporter: you won't see action this week due to the president's day recess but capitol hill sources say the hagel nomination will be likely taken up a week from tomorrow. jenna: we'll watch that, mike, thank you. >> reporter: thank you. jon: for more let's bring in byron york chief political correspondent for the "washington examiner" and fox news contributor. the ways of the senate can be confusing, byron but looks like the senators that voted to block the nomination to this point might not necessarily vote against the nomination when they come back in session? >> you're right. the hagel filibuster which started on thursday did not survive the su
a nominee for cia director. president's new white house chief of staff offered this reminder we live in a dangerous world. >> between john brennan, the cia director and chuck hagel as secretary of defense we want to make sure we have those guys sitting in the chairs working because i don't want there to be something missed because of this hang up here in washington. >> reporter: you won't see action this week due to the president's day recess but capitol hill sources say the hagel...
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scrutiny last week during senate hearings during john brennan's nomination to become director of the cia. he oversaw many of the drone strikes from his washington office. they will be taking the denominations of john brennan and chalk a goal this week. holler later this week, meeting to discuss and vote the hagel nomination. you can watch it live on c-span 3. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> having observed a steady improvements in the opportunity and well-being of our citizens, i can report to you, the state of this old but useful union is good. >> once again, in keeping with time-honored traditions, i have come to inform you on the state of the union and i am pleased to import that america is much improved and there is reason to believe that it will continue. >> my duty tonight is to report on the state of the union, not the state of our government, but of our american community. and i set forth our responsibilities, in the words of our founders, to form a more perfect union. the state of the union is from. >> as we gather tonight, our nation is at war, our ec
scrutiny last week during senate hearings during john brennan's nomination to become director of the cia. he oversaw many of the drone strikes from his washington office. they will be taking the denominations of john brennan and chalk a goal this week. holler later this week, meeting to discuss and vote the hagel nomination. you can watch it live on c-span 3. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> having observed a steady improvements in the opportunity and well-being...
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his reason for why john brennan should not be cia director? of course, he's a secret muslim. >> he has interwoven his life, professionally and personally, with individuals that we know are terrorists, and he has given them access to not only senior leaders inside the government, but has given them access to the national security council, the national security staff. he has brought known hamas and muslim brotherhood operatives into those positions of government. mr. brennan did convert to islam when he served in an official capacity on behalf of the united states in saudi arabia. his conversion to islam was the culmination of a counterintelligence operation against him, to recruit him. >> there you have it. john brennan secretly converted to islam while on the job in saudi arabia. he's been helping terrorists, of course, that guy says, get federal jobs ever since. wow. >>> what's wrong with this picture? here is a snapshot of the mississippi supreme court on friday. yes, you are looking at the confederate flag right there. so what was that civi
his reason for why john brennan should not be cia director? of course, he's a secret muslim. >> he has interwoven his life, professionally and personally, with individuals that we know are terrorists, and he has given them access to not only senior leaders inside the government, but has given them access to the national security council, the national security staff. he has brought known hamas and muslim brotherhood operatives into those positions of government. mr. brennan did convert to...
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counterterrorism, including an update from last week's guest, vicki divoll, a former legal advisor to the cia. that's all at billmoyers.com. i'll see you there and i'll see you here, next time. ♪ ♪ >>> don't wait a week to get more moyers. visit billmoyers.com for exclusive blogs essays and video features. this episode of "moyers & company" is available on dvd for $19.95. call 800-366-1997 or write to the address on your screen. >> announcer: funding is provided by -- carnegie corporation of new york, celebrating 100 years of philanthropy, and committed to doing real and permanent good in the world. the kohlberg foundation. independent production fund, with support from the partridge foundation, a john and polly guth charitable fund. the clements foundation. park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. the herb alpert foundation, supporting organizations whose mission is to promote compassion and creativity in our society. the bernard and audre rapoport foundation. the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verda
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american who was once a legendary figure he was a former advertising man who joined the air force and the cia and was sent to the philippines and 1940's when they were facing the rebellion, one of the major communist uprising of the post world period and what he did was he didn't send an army to back them up she simply drove out into the boondocks to get to know the people of the philippines he didn't send the embassy like so many officials today he went out to figure out what was going on into the most important thing he did is identified a great leader that could lead the philippines out of this with some support and that was from a filipino center when they encountered him. he pushed to make first the defense minister and then the president and he was a great leader that rooted out a lot of the corruption which was causing people to turn away from the government. he ended the brutality on the part of the filipino army which was causing the villagers to flee into the hands. he established clean elections and basically took away all of the eddy logical appeal that they could possibly have. t
american who was once a legendary figure he was a former advertising man who joined the air force and the cia and was sent to the philippines and 1940's when they were facing the rebellion, one of the major communist uprising of the post world period and what he did was he didn't send an army to back them up she simply drove out into the boondocks to get to know the people of the philippines he didn't send the embassy like so many officials today he went out to figure out what was going on into...
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. >> the questions still linger about what role dick cheney played in outing valerie plame as the cia officer. patrick fitzgerald, the federal prosecutor said there is a cloud over him. that's what he said back then. and here is why according to "time" magazine, quote, though his rek election of other events in the same time frame was lucid and detailed, on at least 20 occasions scooter libby, cheney's chief of staff, could not recall details of his talks with cheney of plame's place of employment or questions the vice president raised privately about wilson's credibility. some bush officials wondered whether libby was covering up for cheney involvement in the leak of plame's identity. joan, i have to tell you, i respect scooter libby in one regard, loyalty at this. he has kept, and it is a strange loyalty, he has never brought cheney into this thing. chinny has been able to use crocodile tears to prevent he tard about the guy. he referred to him as a soldier left on the field-excuse me, there were 4,000 real soldiers left on the field. >> right. >> somehow he comes off as the sympath
. >> the questions still linger about what role dick cheney played in outing valerie plame as the cia officer. patrick fitzgerald, the federal prosecutor said there is a cloud over him. that's what he said back then. and here is why according to "time" magazine, quote, though his rek election of other events in the same time frame was lucid and detailed, on at least 20 occasions scooter libby, cheney's chief of staff, could not recall details of his talks with cheney of plame's...
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first of all during my time as director of the cia and secretary of defense, i have seen firsthand how modern tools like remotely piloted platforms inside versus doneness have changed the way wars are fought and given our men and women, the ability to engage the enemy and change the course of battle, even from afar, i've always felt , having seen the great work that they do day in and day out, but those who perform in an outstanding manner should be recognized. unfortunately, metals that they otherwise might be eligible for simply does not recognize that kind of contribution. and for that reason, recognizing to eligible advances, i am pleased to announce that i formally approved the establishment of a new distinguished warfare metal. the model provides distinct departmentwide recognition for the extraordinary achievements that directly impact on combat operations, but that do not involve acts of valor or physical risk to combat entails. our military reserves highest accretions obviously for those who displayed gallantry and valor in action when the lights are on the line and we will co
first of all during my time as director of the cia and secretary of defense, i have seen firsthand how modern tools like remotely piloted platforms inside versus doneness have changed the way wars are fought and given our men and women, the ability to engage the enemy and change the course of battle, even from afar, i've always felt , having seen the great work that they do day in and day out, but those who perform in an outstanding manner should be recognized. unfortunately, metals that they...